Children of Divorce

Settle on in folks for another storytime - this is such an important episode for me, one I’ve been wanting to make for a long time.  The psych ward/rehab/looney bin was a crazy place to be but also so so formative for me! If I learnt anything from it, it’s that one should ask for help (cliche), be prepared to weather the aftermath of the storm, but also believe that things will get better and chan...

Welcome back to part 2!! Some interesting answers…I did my best to answer them as well as I could. I wish I could just make your problems go away magically, I really do, but unfortunately I don’t have the power to do that. If I did, well I don’t think I would be here today with a podcast about all my struggles with mental health. That being said, I hope I am able to help in some way & you find...

Hi guys, thank you for joining me for part 1 of this very special series!! Maybe you have something you’ve never said out loud…leave it in the comments if you feel like it, you’ll probably find that others are just like you.  From feeling lonely to relationship issues to people trolling me, these college kids are really going through it. No, seriously, this was an incredible experiment, in the way...

Hi guys...it's been a bit of a messy start to the season, hopefully more for me than for you & I am doing a good job hiding it. You know, I think this probably is a life lesson for me or something, but I must say I am bored of these lessons!! Hope you guys are excited for Season 2 - I am, if not a bit nervous too. But, just like in 'Annie', I have tomorrow fortunately. And then the...

Wow, we did that! We did a whole season of 'Children of Divorce.' I'm pretty proud of myself; filming a podcast episode only takes about an hour, but it's not just that, it's the hours of editing I put in. It's everything I've overcome over the years and all of my mental health struggles. It's going against the people who told me stop, or that I wouldn't be successful and I was just embarrassing m...

Sometimes, I struggle to wake up in my bed alone, or go to sleep at night with no one at home. It can be hard to be single. It's also hard to date someone that's not right for you. It's also hard to get over that person - I'm sensing a pattern here...it's almost like we can't win. I struggled so much to get over someone I barely dated even though I knew that our relationship wasn't right. Sometime...

This episode has been a longtime coming, glad I finally took the time to speak about & process what it was like growing up in an interfaith household.  People always ask me what religion I was and the short answer is my dad is Jewish, my mum is Catholic, but I predominantly practice Catholicism. The long answer is this podcast.. I think growing up in an interfaith household kind of changes you...

Throughout my life, people have told me my dreams were not possible. They didn’t always say it directly, but it was instigated through passive comments; my parents pushed me via the academic route, prioritising structure versus passion. Whenever I would perform for others, they would smile and say ‘that’s good,’ but never urge me to pursue music. If I expressed that I maybe wanted to take a more c...

Guys, what an experience that was! My first college hookup and it was....definitely not perfect, but that's exactly what it needed to be. I'm so proud of myself for kissing someone after two years! In the past, I would have felt shameful, guilty and disgusted after a sexual experience with someone, but now, I can walk away with a greater sense of understanding for myself & what I'm into. For y...

Oh my goodness guys, wtf is life!!! Why is it so hard sometimes? Why is it so scary? Why do I not know what to do? It's hard out here, and the last thing I'm going to do is pretend I have my shit together - my shit is so far off the porch that it is flying. This episode isn't GOGOGO and do stuff - that's never my goal or intention. I don't think we are going to get anywhere in life with tough love...

Let's talk about the Big O, Ozempic. I am not here to minimize Ozempic's usefulness to people who ACTUALLY need it, but I am here to talk about my frustrations when it comes to promoting weight loss to everybody. Why is this world crazy? Why are so many people brainwashed? Why are we all getting so obsessed with thinness? Speaking as someone who had an eating disorder for ten years, I feel I can b...

Let’s just say that I have had my fair share of addictions over the years - from weed to toxic relationship dynamics, I am not one to decline that statement.  Today’s episode is not tough love, it is not me yelling at you to just stop - I know that’s not how we quit. Instead, I talk through my individual experiences with addiction and how I (sometimes on purpose) overcame them. I’m not saying that...

I'm not kidding when I said it took me two years to get over a boy I dated for 2 months. It doesn't matter who broke up with who, it doesn't matter how intimate you got, or how much you knew about each other. Sometimes it's just fucking hard to get over a boy, any boy! In today's episode I go over my Kiss List (everyone I've ever kissed) and speak honestly about my experiences with intimacy + all...

We've all heard the phrase 'feel the fear & do it anyways,' but what about those of us who can't? Those of us who are too scared, who are paralysed by the fear, who can't even step one inch closer to the door? I've been there guys. In the past, my fear of weight gain stopped me from recovering from my eating disorder for nearly a decade. My fear of what others thought of me prohibited me from...

Ok, so you gain the weight. And you feel so much more free around food. But why do you still get those thoughts? Why does that voice find its way in somehow? How are we supposed to cope with bad body image days when we are barely recovering from an eating disorder? I wish I could tell you exactly what to do, but I can't, I can only tell you exactly what I feel. In today's episode, I speak about th...

Anyone else been down the deep dark well of calorie counting? Oh it's not fun. Counting every single calorie you put in your body, even if it's a piece of gum. Trying to push your lunch and dinner to as late as possible so you'll somehow wake up less hungry the next day? Restricting yourself so much that you are so fucking hungry that you then eat everything and more, and then for those of you tha...

Anyone else frustrated? Anyone else feel like they've been waiting so long....for love, for a new opportunity, for a new career, for an upgrade from the life that they've been living? I'm here to say I know the feeling, I've lived it. I've spent years thinking I can't do this for another day only to have to say that to myself the next day again, and again, and again. It's not that we aren't trying...

Sometimes life feels like this boulder we are pushing up the hill, and it doesn't get easier, it actually get's harder because we are more tired and we don't have as much energy as we did when we started. Well in today's episode we cover that feeling, how I survived, how I know thing's get better, and also all the stuff in between. From my dire love life to my college drama to SENDING THE TEXT (GO...

Oh guys, I know it's hard out here. To those of you entering your freshman year of college/living it, I see you soldiers. You are very brave and I am sending virtual pats on the back because it is not for the weak! In today's episode, first of all, we are joined by my very good friend, Dani. Dani has been so supportive of me with all of my endeavours and I wouldn't have been able to do any of this...

Oh my goodness, I am writing this whilst having had LITERALLY the most embarrassing night of my life. Guys I literally flirted so hard with this one guy and it went nowhere and everyone saw me just going for this man and I am so embarrassed now, might have to put this episode on repeat for the foreseeable future. But the point of this episode is, embarrassment is normal. It appears everywhere and...

Throughout my life I've felt too much for people - too loud, too talkative, too big, too small, too energetic, too ridiculous, just too much. I starved myself and made myself smaller, I tried to squash my personality so I would blend in more. I tried to dress like everyone I saw and keep up with all the girls at school. I stressed myself out financially because I felt like I didn't belong in the r...

I'm the first to understand how hard bad body image days can be - believe me! But secondly, I made this episode to remind you (and myself) that: a) they are temporary b) a healthy body is more important than anything else c) just because everyone else is doing something/aspiring for a certain physique, doesn't mean they should or that it's right! Remember guys, find a body that works for you, not...

The path to our dreams is never linear.  In today's episode, I discuss all things about my college application journey, and I don't hold back at all! Here is the truth guys - it was messy, and went so wrong and so bad at times and I was so distressed, but I ended up ok. To those of you out there who are either starting their college apps or thinking about them, or maybe you have already done them...

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for joining Carolina and I - she's the best, right?! Today's episode was so much fun to film, and even funnier to watch back. I really do hope you enjoy it. In the episode, Carolina and I spoke through our 'Healthy Friendship List' which we made the second time we hung out. I'm down to post the list on instagram if you guys want to see it, but don't worry, it will b...

Sometimes we just want connection and we want to feel that we are cared for.  In today’s episode, I speak about my relationship with wanting to be desired and how my journey with intimacy has changed throughout the years. * I want to specify, there is no shame here. NO guilt. When I say that I felt disgusting, I am not calling you disgusting, I am just sharing how I felt after certain intimate mom...